The last words of Edith Stein (1891–1942), a philosopher and Roman Catholic convert from Judaism who became a Carmelite nun and was later executed by the Nazis, are not known. However, her last words before being shipped to the concentration camp at Auschwitz were “Come, we are going for our people.” Stein said these words to her sister Rosa, also a convert, after they were arrested by the Gestapo on August 2, 1942. The sisters were both living at the Carmelite convent in Echt in the Netherlands at the time of their arrest. They were sent to Auschwitz, where they died in the gas chamber several days later.
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